Even the talk of death penalty is a further distance from European Union…

All the death penalty talk maybe tactical as it is hard to catch up with Turkish leadership’s discursive tactics, but some of these are so primitive that even mentioning them signifies where one heads to…

Turkey’s migration agreement with the European Union “will not be possible” if the EU does not keep its side of the deal on visa waivers, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told France’s Le Monde newspaper

Roughly three million people gathered in Istanbul on Sunday for a rally against the attempted coup, according to Turkish media. Prior to the speech by President Erdoğan, the Kemalist and nationalist opposition parties also addressed the crowd. Only the pro-Kurdish HDP was not invited to the event. Some commentators are delighted at the country’s newfound unity. Others don’t trust the current peace.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Candan Badem who states “I’m an atheist, Marxist and socialist, how can you associate me with FETÖ?” has said “The ones who have involved my name with FETÖ probe, may be in intention to cast shadow on probes.”

In view of Erdoğan’s reaction to the failed coup Austrian chancellor Christian Kern has called for the EU membership talks with Turkey to be broken off. An end to the negotiations would be counterproductive, some commentators warn. Others lament that the EU is not putting serious thought into sanctions against Ankara.

Turkey’s membership bid to the European Union after the failed coup attempt in the country has stirred debate inside the bloc, with Austria opposing Turkey’s bid, while the executive chief of the bloc has regarded such an act as a “serious foreign policy mistake”